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LEMON M. REED, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

MEASURING-SCOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 704,931, dated July 15, 1902.

` Application filed April 7,1902, Serial No. 101,753. (No inodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEMON M. REED, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Scoops; and I hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved measuring-scoop consisting of two telescoping sections and means for securing the said sections in the required relative adjustment.

Thevobject of this invention is to provide a measuring-scoop adapted for use as a dry measure, simpleand durable in construction and readily adjusted to measure accurately.

With this object in view and to the end of realizing other advantages hereinafter appearing my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim. 1

In the Aaccompanying drawings, Figure I is a side elevation, in central vertical section, of a measuring-scoop embodying myiuvention. Fig. II is a transverse section on line II II, Fig. I, looking toward the bottom or closed end of the chamber of the scoop.

Referring to the drawings, d designates a cylindrical tubular section open at the ends, and b a correspondingly cylindrical cupshaped section which snugly lits within and is adapted to be moved endwise of the section o.. The section b has a bottom or head b2 at one end, which head or bottom forms the bottom or closed end of the merchandise-receiving chamber of the scoop.

The section a is provided externally and just above a point centrally between the ends of the said section with a laterally-projecting handle c.

The inner section Z2 is provided at the handle-bearing side of the section c with a lateral slot b', which extends longitudinally of the said section t between and into close proximity to opposite ends of the said section b, and the outer section d is provided, preferably, a short distance below its handle c with la lateral perforation a', which registers with the aforesaid slot b and accommodates the apslot b and is arranged with its head e adapted j to bear against the interior surface of the section b.4 A nutfis mounted upon the shank of the screw e externally of the section a. and is adapted to bear against the external surface of the said section a. y

A washer gis interposed between the inner end of the nutfand the external surface of the section a, and another washer h is interposed between the head of the screw e and the interior surface of the section b.

By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that the inner section b upon `loosening the nut f is rendered free to be shifted or adjusted endwise of the outer section ci and is secured in the desired adjustment upon tightening the said nut and that the capacity of the .merchandisereceiving chamber oi.' the scoop is enlarged or decreased, according as the inner section is shifted in the one or the other direction.

My improved measuring-scoop will be found more especially useful in groceries for'taking and measuring dry merchandise-such,f0r instance, as coffee, beans, small crackers, and the like-from bags, bins, caddies, and other receptacles.

It is well known that coffee, beans', and the like in different bags or receptacles seldom weigh alike, and obviously, therefore, upon providing any merchandise-containing bin, caddy, bag, or receptacle with my improved measuring-scoop the inner section of the scoop is adjusted as required to make the scoop accurately measure the said mechandise. For instance, if the scoop is to be used as a poundmeasure and the capacity of the mechandisereceiving chamber of the scoop is found upon taking the first scoopful from any given merchandise to measure somewhat less than a pound the inner section is adjusted as required to lengthen the said chamber enough to make the said scoop accurately measure one pound of the said merchandise. I would remark also that the location of the coperatingscrew e and nutf below the handle ois not unimportant, because there the said cooperating members are least in the way and the provision of the nut externally of the scoop accommodates the adjustment of the IOO sections of the scoop relative to each other when the scoop has already been iilled or partially illed with merchandise. Another and not unimportant, feature consists in providing the scoop externally with a pocket or holder 7c for receiving a card Z, upon which may be marked the name and the price of the goods to be measured and conveyed by the scoop. The pocket or holder 7c is removably secured to the scoop by the screw e, being perforated laterally, as at 7o', to accommodate the location and operation of the said screw and eX- tending a suitable distance circumferentially of and conforming to the outer section of the scoop. The card Z is also perforated laterally, as required, to accommodate the location and operation of the screw e. The pocket or holder k and its card Z are obviously interposed between the washer g and the external surface of the outer section ct of the scoop. It Will be observed, therefore, that no additional fastening devices are required to secure the card-holder to the scoop.

Vhat I claim is- A measuring-scoop comprising two telescopic sections and having the following: a

bottom-forming head at one end and forming apartofone of the said sections; aslot formed in and longitudinally of one of the said sections and a perforation formed in the other section in registry with the said slot; a screw extending through the said slot and through the aforesaid perforation and arranged with its head interiorly of the inner section; a Washer mounted upon the shank of the screw at the inner end of the nut externally of the outer section; a card-holder mounted upon the said screw between the said Washer and the external surface of the outer section, and another Washer interposed between the head of the screw and the interior surface of the inner section, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 31st day of March, 1902, at Cleveland, Ohio.

LEMON M. REED. 

